Combined seedek and cultivator



B. W. REMY.

COMBINED SEBDBR AND GULTIVATOR.

No. 66,627, Patented July 9, 1867.

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B. `W. `REMY, OF BROCKVILLE, INDIANA.

Letters Patent liTo. 66,627, dated July 9, 18,67. i

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Be it knownthat I,- B. W. REMY, of Brookville, in the county ot' Franklin, arid State-'of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful :Improvements in Combined or Convertible 'SeedPlanters and Cultivators ;v vand I do hereby declare the fdllowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the` same, referenceV being had tol the accompanying drawings, making-a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of thel machine.

Figure 2 represents arear elevation of the same Figure 3 represents a lside View of a seeding or planting apparatus that may be attached when the cultivating ploughs are removed, or 'vice versa. v

4 Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the separate figures, denote like parts of the machine in all the drawings. v

My invention relates tto a combined or convertible seed-planter and eultivator, made mainly oi' bar iron or steel, and without much if any upsetting, the bars, links, or straps being only bent, punched, and riveted together, or to the axle, journals, frame. The machine is very strong and durablepquite lighjt, as compared with -machnes of a'nythimgmiette-endurance made of wood, and the partsflcx-ible,rc1-yielding to the' inequalities -of the ground or any intervening obstacle in its path. It is of'cvluite light draught, and very readilychanged from a seed-planter to a cultivator, and vice versa.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings. l

1 AA are a pair of supporting wheels for carrying the machine and the driver or conductor mounted upon it. B B are short axles supportedrin the wheels,and which are connectedby two arched bars, C D, which are united together at their tops or crowns, and the same rivets that unite these two arched pieces also secure or fasten to them the drivers or conductors seat E, which projects rearward from its p'oints of attachment to canse the' weight of the driver to aid in'balancing the machine. F is atongue-frame substantially connected vwith the arched pieces C D by means of a through bolt or rod a, and the tongue G is attached to this tongueframe, and the 'whole constitutes a main frame carried by the wheels A A. To the main frame are pivoted two bent bars, I-I I, that canfreely move on their pivoted connections. To the lower end of the bar H there is pivot'ed a beam, J, that carries a plough or cultivator, K, and to the lower end of the bar I there is pivoted a beam, L, that carries a plough or cultivator, M, and these two beams, J L, are connected by a bent bar, N, riveted or pivoted to both, and in said bent bar N there is a stirrup, C, for thev driver or conductor to place his foot in. Where the bar H is pivoted to its beam, J, there is'also pivoted a curveddink, P, the one end of which is pivoted to an arm, Q, that is in turn pivoted to one of the short axles B, and to Ythe other or free end there is pivoted a link or strap, b, to which one of the horses of the team is hitched.. Whenthe driver or occupantof the seat does not desire to place his feet in the stirrupsO O, to press down or relieve one or both of the sets of ploughs, he can place and rest them at c, dor e, which are on the axles. I have mentioned how one set or pair of ploughs is hung andoperated on one side of the machine. The opposite setor pair is hung and operated in' the same manner, though the two sets are hinged to the main frame independently of each other. For some purposes an oblique mould-board may be required to throw the earth towardsthe plants. I have shown one such atf, which is secured to or near one ofthe ploughs, K, by a bent arm, g, which ts into a socket on the beam J. d A. similar mould-board may be used and applied to the opposite beam, so as to throw up-the soil on both sides of the row which the ploughs straddle. To the main frame there is pivoted a lifting-frame, R, to which chains or ropes z t are fastened, and which, after passing over the pulleys z' t' in the main frame, are attached respectively to thestirrup-ruds, which in turn are attached to the beams J J, and as the beams .I are attached to their mates or fellows L, by means of the bent bars N, the operating of the lifting-frame, through its chains t i, will raise up or let down the ploughs together. On this lifting-frameR there is a pivoted catch,j, which, `when it is desirable to raise up and hold up theploughs, as when moving from place to place or from field to ield, or when turning around at the ends of the rows, is braced with its notched end against the main frame, `and thusithe ploughs and their several connected parts are raised and held up and carried on the main frame high enough not to be touched by any ordinary obstacle. That I may use this same frame, carryingkwheels, and pivoted bars H Iforthe machine when converted into a seed-'planting or dropping machine, I unite the plough-beams .I L and their connecting-piece N to these pivoted bars by screw-bolts or otherwise, so that they may be readily 'taken off, and i to the same bolt holes and by the same bolts I attach a. seed-planter or dropper, (fig.4 3,),by the straps or bars l S T thereon, so that the machine may be converted in a few minutes from a cultivat'or to a planter, and vz'ce versa. The seed-dropper may be composed of star-wheels U, (one on each side of the machine, so as to plant two rows 'at once, but one On'l'yseen in the side vie\v,) hung upon short axles, with which they revolve, supported y on the ends of the pivoted bars S T. Upon these axles there are wheels, m, that have a series -of cells n in them capablc'of holding a regulated quantity ot' grain, which they may receive or take from any ordinary hopper placed over or around .themF As these seeding-wheels m revolve, their cells 'empty their contents into a seeding tube, V, which has a furrow-opener, W, in advance of it at its lower end, and which opens a furrow for the seed to drop into. As the machine is advanced over the ground by the team, the points o of thestar-wheels Uenter the ground, and are, by the forward motion of the machine, forced to turn around, and with them turn the axles and the seeding-Wheels m on them. This seeding apparatus can rise and fall, to accommodate itself` to the ground over which it is working, or be raised and held up, as in the case of the cultivating-ploughs. -There are also iron rodszr r that support, brace, and connect the forward part of the frame F with the short axles B.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therei'n as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-A v vIl. The main frame, composed ofthe vertical arched iron bars C D and the horizontal frame F, also made of iron bars, and the whole combined with the short axles B B, by which it is supported in the carrying-wheels, i substantially as and for thel purpose described.v

2. I also claim, in combination with the Amainframe, composed of iron bars or straps, and supported as i described, 'thepivoted barsiI-I I, to which a cultivatingor seeding mechanism substantially such as described l and represented may be attached, as and for the purpose set forth. I

' B. W. REMY.

Witnesses:

ROBERT Loox, W. P. STALcUP'. 

